Kotohiki Hachiman-gū, Shinto shrine in Kanonji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Kotohiki Hachimangū stands on the summit of Kotohiki-yama, reached by a stone stairway of 381 steps. Its wooden worship hall and main hall sit behind a bronze fifth torii, with subsidiary shrines such as Sumiyoshi and Wakamiya nearby. A wooden torii said to have been donated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune is sheltered under a roof along the approach.

According to the shrine's 1416 engi, the monk Nisshō founded it in 703 after Hachiman appeared at Ume-Yoshi beach; Kūkai converted it to Shingon in 812. Minamoto no Yoriyoshi sent a victory prayer in 1051, and in 1185 Minamoto no Yoshitsune donated a wooden torii that still stands on the approach.

The shrine's name comes from the legend of a koto heard from a boat at Umeyoshi beach, recounted in the Shippōzan Hachiman Kotobikigū engi, an Important Cultural Property of Kanonji. Each year on 14 and 15 October the Kotohiki Hachimangū Grand Festival offers nine taiko floats called chōsa. A wooden torii said to have been donated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune stands on the approach, now sheltered by a roof.

From JR Kanonji Station the shrine is about 2 km away; a taxi takes around five minutes. The Go-takamura community bus (four services daily) has no fixed stops, so tell the driver 'Kotohiki Park' or 'Mori Naika'; boarding and alighting are not allowed on Route 11 outside designated points. The approach to the main hall is a stone stairway of 381 steps.

The shrine's name comes from the legend itself: the koto carried up the mountain with the god's boat. The wooden torii on the approach is said to have been donated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune before fighting the Taira, and it is now sheltered under a roof because of its decay.